| Coordinates WGS84 | 16°43'S, 130°31'E -16.71, 130.52 |
BM_Oc1905_163
Title: A message stick from Northern Territory held in the British Museum
Description: Message stick made of wood.
Date Created: 1905
Notes on date created: terminus ante quem
Item type: message stick in a collection
Subtype: traditional_context
State/Territory: NT
Linguistic area 1: Chirila: Ngarinyman Austlang: C27 - NGARINYMAN Glottolog: ngar1235
Notes on linguistic areas: The message stick is associated with Victoria River, Northern Territory (Australia). Linguistic area inferred from Victoria River. Scope note "An Australian Aboriginal language group from the Roper and Victoria River districts, Northern Territory."
Cultural region: TopEnd Yangman - Also known as" Yangman; Yungman; Yungmun; Yung-munni; Yungmanni; Yungmunee; Yungmunnee; Jongmanungman Scope note "An Australian Aboriginal language group from the Roper and Victoria River districts, Northern Territory."
Dimension 1: 170mm Dimension 2: 22mm Dimension 3: 12mm
Materials: wood
Source types: museum collection
Date collected: Acquisition date: 1905
Institution/Holder file: The British Museum object identifier: Oc1905,-.163
Collector: Donated by: Joseph Bradshaw
Coordinates: 16°42'37.699200"S,130°31'19.898400"E (-16.710472, 130.522194)
Media copyright: The British Museum British Museum Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Notes on coordinates: Approximate point in the Victoria River, Northern Territory, per Google maps. Wikipedia: The Victoria River is a river in the bioregion of Victoria Bonaparte in the Northern Territory of Australia. It flows for 560 kilometres from its source south of the Judbarra / Gregory National Park to the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in the Timor Sea
IRN: EOC10861
Notes: Additional IDs: Oc1905C3.163-164 (old CDMS no.) 30.11.23 NR: checked against BM online catalogue.
Media Files:
Data Entry: Olena Tykhostup, Nitzan Rotman